The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-02
FLORIDA.

| Court VIII convene at OCdld OCU. H.
The nesv Methodist church at Bronson is
about completed.
Circuit court in and for Taylor county
| cOnveneS tomorrow.
There were only seven deaths in Jackson
vile last month, four white and three col
ored.
Thousands of orange, LeCOnte and Kiefer
pears, peaches Kelsey plums and other fruit
trees will be planted in Levy county during
| the coming winter
The State Alliance of Farmers will be
held at Mariana on Oct. 4. There will be
| fifty or more delegates to this meeting, be-
sides many visitors
j. w. Lyman, of Monticello, has gone
West to bring out a number of brood horses
and Durham cattle. and expects to go extern
sively into that line, having been well
pleased with the johnson grass.
DR.. King Wylly, proposes to pour out
| into the streets of Sanford three barrels Of
orange wine. This was manufactured from
oranges the year of the freeze. The doctor
proposes to help keep the city dry.
Reports from the prohibition election in
Hillsborough county, give the following
precincts as ''wet:" Tampa 1853, Homosassa
20, Cork g. The following are dry" Plant
City 96, Seffner 49, Five more precincts
are to be heard from, two of which are
the county by 80 majority, and the dries"
claim it by 30.
At Orlando the smoke has cleared away
from the Prohibition battlefield, leaving
| everything serene and quiet, save the
rumblings and the grumblings of the liquor
men, who are very sore over their defeat
| They are dying hard and have employed
lawyers to go through the form of a contest.
| j. II. Allen and A. johnson will engineer
thar raS n am IA hIf
hibitionists do not apprehend that any mere
technical errors that do not affect the result
of the election will prevail with the court
A negro by the name of Postell, was
killed accidentally on Monday evening by
another colored man, named Rushing, at
Jones q Wileys plantation, near Minis
Rushing pointed the pistol at the deceased
and pulled the trigger for the third time,
when the bullet pierced the man through
the eye, killing him almost instantly. In
first examining the revolver Rushing failed
TO discover the third cartridge, which was
hid by the barrel, the other chambers
being empty, he supposed there was no
danger.
Bill Larkin, colored, who had his throat
cut at Mariana on Tuesday night by Clai
borne Thornton, also colored, is fast recov-
ering, and without imprudence or accident
will soon be able to resume work. The
windpipe was almost entirely severed, per-
hitting a rapid escape of air while breath
ing; the swallow was also badly cut, al
lowing blood to empty into the stomach.
DIR. G. W. Barrier was called to see the
wounded man and with skillful hands
brought the parts together, and closed the
external wound.
The Crescent City saw mill will be in
operation in about two weeks. The pro-
prietor has already received large orders for
box material The mill is a novelty in the
way of floating saw mill 1t is the first of
the kind ever introduced into Florida. 1t
consists of an immense lighter, or barge, 40
feet wide by 50 feet in length and 8 feet
deep, drawing IL inches of water. This
craft has taken over 100 900 feet of lumber
in its construction, will have two floors and
will be covered with an iron roofing, pre-
senting the appearance OF an ordinary house
floating upon the water. When perfected
it will be replete with machinery for cutting
lumber of any description
Robert NJ Ray, of Dade City, was taken
down with something like the rheumatism
in his right leg in April, 1886 Soon after
wards carries of the fibuia set in, and he
suffered the most excruciating agony, and
everything known to medical science was
done for him until March last, when it was
decided that surgical operation would
either kill or cure, and that he would die in
short while unless something was DONE
DIR. Robert W. Westmoreand, of Atlanta
was telegraphed for and came the next
morning and removed the entire fibula in
the afternoon. The operation lasted one
hour and fifteen minutes, and the patient
being kept unconscious by anasthetics dur
ing the time, required proof to believe that
the work was done after he became con-
scious. He is now able to walk by the aid
of cane, and his health is perfect.